Server Side Includes (SSI) is a list of directives that will enable you to incorporate the content of a text file in an HTML file. In this way, you can add some content to numerous web pages on your site and modify it by simply editing one text file. You can furthermore incorporate the output of various scripts in order that the present time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of a file show up on your site. This shall allow you to add some dynamic content to static pages, making the site more appealing to your visitors and giving it a much more professional overall appearance. It will likewise be much easier to revise this content as compared to editing every static web page one at a time. If you want to use Server Side Includes on your website, the pages that contain the content of some file must be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to use Server Side Includes with all of the cloud web hosting plans we provide and enable it separately for every domain name or subdomain inside of your hosting account. You can do this by utilizing an .htaccess file, which should be placed in the folder in which you want to use SSI and you have to enter a few lines of code in that file. You can find the code inside our Knowledgebase area, so you can just copy and paste it, since you don't need any programming expertise to benefit from all of the characteristics that our services feature. If you have by now built your website and you wish to employ Server Side Includes afterwards, you need to make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the website, otherwise SSI is not going to work.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

It will be easy to activate and employ Server Side Includes with simply a number of clicks with any of our semi-dedicated server packages since the option is available in the cloud platform where your account shall be configured. All you need to do is to set up a blank file named .htaccess through your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a couple of lines of code inside. You can find the latter inside the Help articles that are available inside of your account, and that means you don't require any programming capabilities - you'll be able to simply just copy the code in question. All pages that will utilize Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so in case you incorporate this option to an existing site, you need to make sure that you change all the links in there.